Saturday, June 28, 2014

Badminton News

At $750K The Star Australian Badminton Open 2014, Sydney (Superseries)

[SF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Shixian Wang (CHN,2) 21-19 16-21 21-15

[F] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) vs Carolina Marin (ESP,11)

After longtime Saina score a win against top-3 Wang ... In the Australian Superseries she beat Shixian Wang in well fought three games ... In last two matches Shixian dominated Saina and in March at All England open Shixian toyed with her for one-sided win ... So in this match WR #2 Shixian started as favorite ... In the first game both players were neck to neck through out the game though Saina take 7-4 and then 14-10 lead but both time Shixian caught her ... From 16-17 Saina won next 3 points to lead 19-17 and she kept this couple of points advantage to convert 2nd game point for winning the game ... In the second game from 8-6 Saina take 12-7 lead ... At that time Saina was cruising for straight games win but suddenly unforced errors started to happen and Shixian found her range ... From 13-15 Shixian won next 7 points to lead 20-15 and in that Saina take medical break for blister at 16-15 ... Shixian converted 2nd game point to take this match into the decider ... Both players were neck to neck till 13-all ... From 15-13 Saina won ext 4 points and opened 19-14 lead ... And she won last two points for excellent win in 76 minutes.

In the final Saina is facing Spanish giant-killer Carolina Marin.

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